Greens are now third

At last week’s London elections, the Green Party became the third party in London for the first time in our history.Read

Never in my wildest dreams

HOW times have changed.Read

Letters: Mimi Konigsberg worked tirelessly to help most vulnerable

YOUR online story describing Mimi Konigsberg, Hounslow’s Director of Community Services, as an “axe woman” did a huge disservice to a public servant who has worked tirelessly to improve adult social care in the borough.Read

Ode to the Chiswick Octopus

A POEM about the Chiswick OctopusRead

Letters: Freddie deserves something better

I WOULD like to echo Anne Skene's sentiments in her letter ('Queen fans would pay for gold star', October 7).Read

T2 has not gone down the tube!

'IT'S crazy, it doesn't even exist any more' remarked my wife.Read

Letters: Upsetting to redundant staff

I FEEL the headline on the story in the Chronicle of July 22, regarding cuts at West Middlesex Hospital (Nearly 15 per cent of workers given marching orders) was extremely upsetting, if not insulting, to those members of staff advised of redundancy in the near future, one of whom is my stepdaughter.Read

Letters: Animal welfare is worth paying for

IT'S really hard when food prices are rising and we are being squeezed so hard economically to add farm animal welfare to our list of 'must haves' when we shop.Read

Letters: Have your say on mobility needs

I WAS recently asked by charities Leonard Cheshire Disability and Mencap to chair an independent review into how the personal mobility needs of people living in state-funded residential care are met.Read

Letters: Let cyclists use Olympic lanes

I HAVE written to Transport for London (TfL) to ask that it drop its unenforceable ban on cyclists using the 'Olympic Games lanes' next summer.Read

Letters: What a marvellous afternoon we had

THE Monday Friendship Club and The Tuesday Club (Isleworth) wish to say a very big thank you to the Lions charity group, to St Bridget's priest and all the helpers, for inviting us to a very enjoyable afternoon party.Read

Letters: Why do people make such mess

THREE cheers for D Bennett (Where's pride in our area gone? Letters, July 22) who complained about litter and dog mess, and also the person a week or so ago who complained about spitting; a truly disgusting habit.Read

Letters: Change europe's fisheries policy

WHILE our consumption of fish continues to grow, 80 per cent of Europe's fisheries are being managed unsustainably.Read

Letters: Make home safer for blind people

AS PART of National Falls Awareness Week June 20 to 24, Action for Blind People would like to suggest some simple ways people with sight loss can make their homes safer to help prevent falls.Read

Letters: Farewell to a shining light

RESPECTED patron of the Hindu Forum of Britain, Shree Manubhai Mulji Madhwani, is no more.Read

Letters: More money for 'outer' cyclists

LAST week the mayor of London announced the funding allocations for his 13 Biking Boroughs.Read

Letters: Pensions change will hit 50 pluses

PEOPLE aged 56 or 57 (or indeed younger) are going to be hit hard by the government's plan to speed up increases to the State Pension Age (SPA).Read

Letters: Rabbit week hops into action

DID you know that despite being one of the country's most popular pets, rabbits are also one of the most neglected?Read

Letters: Hold a breakfast to help ill children

RAYS OF Sunshine children's charity grants wishes for seriously ill children in the UK aged three to 18. Wishes are referred by all major children's hospitals across the country.Read

Letters: Living alone need not be lonely

FIGURES released this week by the Office of National Statistics have revealed that increasing number of people now live alone in this country, including 60 per cent of women aged 75 and over.Read

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